New Yorkers knew Donald Trump first – and they spurned him before many American voters did
- Written by Lincoln Mitchell, Associate Adjunct Research Scholar, Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University
Every single voting district in Manhattan, where Trump lives, went for Joe Biden. Times Square, Nov. 7, 2020.Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty ImagesDonald J. Trump was a president from, but not of, New York.
In the final months of his presidency, Trump attacked New York as a lawless “ghost town,” and got attacked right...

